Sentences with phrase «by centuries of»

CLIMATE CHANGES are being CAUSED BY GLOBAL WARMING... which IS being caused by centuries of HUMAN Industries DUMPING TOXIC GASES AND CHEMICALS INTO OUR Atmosphere......

It's an ancient country, scored and marked by centuries of mining.

He has an amazing aptitude for memorising and using limitless devices coined by centuries of art - making, in the west and east alike.

But there's no disagreement that the invention of Western abstraction revolutionized art production in the 20th century, nor that it was predated by centuries of abstracted forms and patterns in non-Western traditions.

The ethnic, political and social tensions caused by centuries of colonial rule are being exploited by competing political forces seeking to gain or maintain access to the mostly exploitative profits resulting from a growing global appetite for African commodities.

The paintings were not literal renderings of the mountainous and rugged terrain, but instead captured the spartan forms and sculpted surfaces like those shaped by centuries of erosion and movement of wind and water as well as upheavals from tectonic shifts deep within the earth.

Latin American history, in particular, has been shaped by centuries of foreign plunder of its natural resources, beginning in the 16th century with the Spanish empire's lust for silver and gold.

Shonibare regards himself as a cultural hybrid, a product of complex and layered relationships forged by centuries of global trade, migration, politics, and cultural exchange.

Marvel at stalactites formed by centuries of flowing water.

Located approximately 4.8 miles east of Highway 59 in Orange Beach, the Nordic Villas are surrounded by centuries of Swedish history and enveloped in Southern charm.

Discover the imperial cities of Europe, forged by centuries of architectural, historical and artistic influence and each with their own immense cultural heritage.

These bizarre natural water features, hewn by centuries of water, mark the start of the Blyde River Canyon.

Stone worn by centuries of movement and the kinetic energy of water tumbling against a rock face.

Journey overland from the snow - capped peaks of High Asia and follow the path beaten by centuries of traders along the Silk Road through the heart of Central Asia to the edge of Europe and the footh...

The atmosphere is simply electrifying as suspense builds throughout the live shows, and the ocean breeze reminds visitors that they are in a very spiritual island; influenced by centuries of beliefs in the mystical and divine.

But as the surplus of cats and dogs (artificially engineered by centuries of forced breeding) declined, eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship - enjoyment at a distance.»

Its high - arched halls were gilded, the stone floors smoothed by centuries of divine feet.

I think it should be reassuring that when you follow your intuition, what we're really talking about is doing things that have been honed by centuries of evolution to be effective responses to children.

Official Plot Synopsis: Priest is set in a world ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires.

PRIEST, a post-apocalyptic sci - fi thriller, is set in an alternate world — one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires.

In a world ravaged by centuries of war between humans and vampires some warrior priests attempt to tip the scales in favor of humanity.

Priest, a western - fused post-apocalyptic thriller, is set in an alternate world — one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires.

Synopsis: In a society ravaged by centuries of war between humans and vampires, a legendary warrior priest (Paul Bettany), a veteran of the last conflict, li... [MORE]

There's no depletion in drinking water or in soils caused by centuries of farming.

Instead of facing down a flood from God, they're largely threatened by conditions brought on by centuries of human expansion, exploitation and pollution.

Especially in the Americas, where such an extreme demographic collapse was followed by centuries of mixing by European, Amerindian, and African groups, the genes of living people «aren't always a faithful representation of what happened in the past,» Salas says.

For some environmentalists, saving the planet is not just about preserving natural resources; it is also about fixing the disruptions caused by centuries of human activity.

JANUARY 1860 FIELDS AND FERTILIZER — «A very valuable letter has lately been written by Professor Liebig, the eminent chemist at Munich, in Bavaria: «In consequence of the farmer restoring with guano and bones but a small portion of the very same elements of seeds and of fodder which had been withdrawn from his fields by centuries of cultivation, their products are wonderfully increased.

They have not been held back by centuries of tradition and procedures which appear peculiar to a modern political system.

Check out Indian Town National Park which features Devil's Bridge, a limestone arch that has been created by centuries of pounding by ocean waves; and hike through the rainforest — something you definitely can't do in Chicago.

This is another instance in which the core convictions of Jews and Christians have been distorted by centuries of polemic.

Bloom, who, as he himself informs us, is neither a believer nor a historian, is convinced that he is restoring a text covered over by centuries of institutionalized misreading.

bility has many roots — the love of neighbor inculcated by centuries of teaching and example, the faith in a God whose nature it is to order and redeem no less than to create.

Divided by centuries of hatred and conflict, the Church needs time to heal.

How literally does this powerful and sweeping claim, supported by several important texts in the New Testament and by centuries of Christian tradition, need to be taken?

Not a man in a mitre with a gold staff paid for by centuries of sin and politics.

And through all this came the emergence of the idea of a new Kerygma, a new way of proclaiming the Gospel to people who, living in a culture formed by centuries of Christianity, had nevertheless lost all effective contact with the Church.

I recall a wedding I attended many years ago, in which the ceremony, dictated by centuries of careful thought and adjustment — a «form» — was going very nicely; but then, alas, the presiding member of the clergy took it upon himself to step outside of the rules and add something of his own.

But of course the creedal statement, hallowed as it is by centuries of use during the celebration of the Eucharist, can be understood only when it is seen as a combination of supposedly historical data, theological affirmation put in a quasi-philosophical idiom, and a good deal of symbolic language (with the use of such phrases as «came down from heaven», «ascended into heaven», and the like).

In our own day, inspired by centuries of moral fiction and visual mythos, novelists and rock composers have made her Jesus» faithful Greek or Eurasian prostitute, anguished because he won't love her and she doesn't know how to love him; earthy, beautiful, the saintly hooker who spices the story of the Galilean on his way to Superstardom.

They've been improved on by centuries of work and changed man's understanding of the world.

Certainly the Newtonian apprehension of nature was conditioned by history and culture, but it was also substantiated in its partial truth by centuries of patient thought and experimentation.

And note those guillotined during the French Revolution and those Russians who died in concentration camps suffered these indignities as a direct result of the revolution of the peasants and poor abused by centuries of domination by religion - backed aristocracies.

But i do wonder if we really need religious symbols at a memorial to a tragedy spawned by centuries of religious intolerance from both sides.

We live here for so many decades, I would hate to think that the truth of the object of my faith would be determined by centuries of contradictory theologies, all bringing something to the conversation, none having all the answers.

All the international amity built up by a century of translated literatures, cooperating scientists, commercial relationships, and financial interdependence, melted away, and Europe fell apart into a hundred hostile nationalities.

Where that part of the argument is concerned, the way through the jungle of facts has been cleared by a century of research and discussion.

Mostly, though, I'm struck by how few fundamentals have been altered by a century of reinventing and innovating with the model itself.

Though Japan has been devastated by a century of civil war, Risuko just wants to climb trees.

Yet just a few miles south were post-industrial cities, which at the time were blackened by a century of pollution and ravaged by unemployment and urban decay.